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Step into a cabinet of practical magic, where every shelf promises a new skill, a sharper mind, or a more capable hand. From horsemanship and health to photography, cooking, etiquette, and the craft of writing itself, this collection turns curiosity into know-how. Open one volume, and you’re not just reading—you’re learning how to do almost anything.

by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

by Johanna Kinkel

by L. O. (Leland Ossian) Howard, F. C. (Fred Corry) Bishopp

by E. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk

by John Mollard

by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

by Charlotte Oelschlager

by Pedro J. (Pedro Joseph) Lemos

by Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman

by Izaak Walton

by Orison Swett Marden, Abner Bayley

by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

by Lulu Hunt Peters

by Mary Eales

by Lillian B. Lansdown

by Edward Payson Roe

by C. Remigius Fresenius

by Giulia Lazzari-Turco
by Garrett Putman Serviss

by Maria Willett Howard

by H. W. (Henry William) Gibson

by S. T. Rorer

by Sidney Hartnoll Beard

by Eberhard Schnetzler
by James M. (James Martin) Gray

by Ernst von Otto-Kreckwitz

by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

by Isabel A. Moser, Steve Solomon

by Friedrich Wieck

by William Augustus Munn

by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

by Max Schmidt

by Irvah Lester Winter

by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

by Marie Jane Cooper

by C. F. (Charles Finch) Dowsett

by William Fairham

by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

by Janet McKenzie Hill

by Robert Schumann

by S. T. Rorer

by C. J. (Charles Johnson) Maynard

by L. H. (Lionel Hugh) Branson

by G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus) Piesse

by E. J. (Edward John) Hardy

by William Walker Atkinson

by William Walker Atkinson

by J. P. (James Perry) Cole, Oliver Schoonmaker

by Various Authors

by R. K. (Ruby Kathleen) Polkinghorne, M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) Polkinghorne

by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

by Albert Cim

by S. T. Rorer

by W. H. (William Herbert) Simmons, H. A. Appleton

by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

by Clarence Stratton

by Marie L. Shedlock

by United States. War Department

by A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun

by Arthur Lee Humphreys

by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

by Julia de Fontenelle (Jean-Sébastien-Eugène)

by H. Onslow (Henry Onslow) Curling

by Richard Bradley

by Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins

by Mary Wood-Allen

by F. B. (Frederic B.) Wright

by Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger) Gress

by Daniel Carter Beard

by Charles M. (Charles Marcus) Horton

by Morris Phillips

by Rasmus Larssen Alsaker

by Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell

by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary

by Goodwin Brooke Smith

by Katharine Furse

by S. T. Rorer

by American Thread Company

by Thérèse de Dillmont

by William Archer

by Eliza Leslie

by George Routledge

by Anonymous

by Ambrose Bierce

by O. S. (Orson Squire) Fowler, L. N. (Lorenzo Niles) Fowler